“It’s time to get the band back together.”. Hell, I even felt for the villainous Lastleaf for a while there. I could go on and on about the characters and much like Cronin, Eames got me to invest and commit to the investment of seeing where these characters go in the novels to come. There are several villans to contend with during this novel and each vile in their own right. Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best - the meanest, dirtiest, most feared and admired crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. And that was it, wasn’t it? THIS FREAKING BOOK! Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best, the most feared and renowned crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. ( Log Out /  Esbe’s Favorite Character(s):  This month is tough, because I liked all of our heroes for some reason or another. Clay and his cast of 24 incredible entertainers show their versatility while performing all styles of music including country, rock n roll, gospel, and patriotic. Load up on that stuff!!!!! There’s even a main character who’s kind of bad but that I ended up liking. Life was funny, and fickle, and often cruel. Lastleaf and the understanding of his druin existence and the very foreboding ending will make for an interesting sequel. This novel gets so many things right, I can barely focus on where to begin. ( Log Out /  One of the major critiques that I hear about this book is the treatment of women. One aspect that I really loved about Kings of the Wyld is that it approaches fantasy with a sense of realism. It’s only a thousand miles through a monster-infested forest. (2) When does the second book come out?“―The Eloquent Page, “Will be one of THE books of 2017. However, he fills the gaps that Clay cannot as he is more present in the world that Clay abandoned so many years ago. He has a nice life with a wife he loves and a daughter he adores. Brilliant, innovative, immersive and just pure fun.”―The Book Plank, “Eames strikes the same balance as Pratchett at his best….Just a super read, a really fresh book, one to savour from start to finish.”―Blue Book Balloon, “Fantastic…Eames is an author that has the potential to set genre trends with this book. Is this book on your radar? However, as he travels along with his bandmates, we see the world through his eyes and even though we see much through his eyes, he appears to be clear-headed and a reliable narrator. There was just… empty water. Goodreads: AmaysnReads, Boy mom, reader, blogger, lover of sleep Hugely recommended. This kindness is born out of love and understanding that his brother has many woes already, why add on to them? Time is a circle, he remembered Lastleaf saying at Lindmoor, in twilight. Book Review: Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames, Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag – Amaysn Reads, Friday Reads Oct. 19 and Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon TBR – Amaysn Reads. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve turned to Mr. Me while watching a movie or reading a book and asked a question or made a comment about how the action or scene would have played out “in real life.”  For example: during the scene in Lord of the Rings when Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are running after the orcs who’ve kidnapped Merry and Pippin, I said, “I bet even Legolas has big, bloody, oozing blisters on the bottoms of his feet, running all that time in those shoes with no support or anything. But above all else, Kings of the Wyld is a book about friendship. This one was great! This book is a breath of fresh air.“―Book Worm Blues, “Eames’ debut fantasy tale has it all….Readers will not be able to put this book down.”―Booklist (starred review). I did, however, feel like the book could have been about 100 pages shorter. It's very hard to have to say goodbye to this band so soon! His daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. There was this herb that if you smoked it it could pretty much heal whatever ailed you, but the Band didn’t stock up on this shit. He’s visited by an old friend who used to be in his mercenary band and is told his friend’s daughter is in trouble. ), all arranged within the context of the story itself so that those unfamiliar with their origins notice nothing out of place. I would like to thank Nicholas Eames, Nazia, and Orbit Books. Clay fought down a surge of envy seeing that. See all 40 questions about Kings of the Wyld…, Most anticipated adult fantasy debuts of 2017, Join my 3-emails-a-year newsletter #prizes, the tasteful soundtrack list author has posted in his website, Kings of the Wyld (The Band #1) - TBD 2019, Meet the Epic and Awesome Authors of Fall's Big Fantasy Novels. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I would recommend this book and I do plan on reading Eames’ next book Bloody Rose that is released in August. The main characters were all very good, and I didn’t find myself disliking any of them. He’s settle down with wife Ginny and daughter Tally. So much damn potency it might succeed in dragging your aged body along for the ride. It would occur to Clay mere moments later, that the fights that seem to matter most weren’t always the ones that did, and that sometimes, the fate of worlds was decided by something so arbitrary as sheer dumb luck. Kings of the Wyld is just an amazing story, the writing, the world building the characters, the plot  EVERYTHING was well executed Nicholas Eames really did an amazing job with this debut novel. Quite an amazing story with amazing characters, now WHEN IS THE NEXT BOOK COMING OUT?!!! I only have two questions that remain unanswered – (1) Where do I get my Saga tour t-shirt? Griff trundled over to his mat and gave his balls a few good licks before promptly falling asleep. I fully intend to read Bloody Rose when it’s released in August and am fervently hoping that Lady Esbe makes it easy on us and picks it for September’s monthly selection. The author tried for some funny, “ha-ha” moments, but most came off as sarcasm and some a bit heavy handed. Clay said a prayer in his head to whichever of Grandual’s gods was in charge of forgiving men who broke women’s wrists before punching them in the throat. Whether it had been his own bandmates saying no, to those who he would encounter that would be needed to accomplish his goals, without Clay, this mission would have been a nonstarter. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Not this book, though. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. They’re all struggling – most to make ends meet, but all of them are clearly still trying to figure out, even after all of this time, how to be content with sitting on the sidelines. It isn’t even like the fake five-star ratings that show up on some sites (I won’t name which ones), where you can obviously tell that reviewers are being too generous due to an affiliation with the author or publisher. We may all feel like we did when we were twenty, but eventually we have to realize, “Hey, jumping off that cliff into that lake might not be the best thing for your knees and back right now.”, “A sandwich belongs to whoever eats it; a sock to whoever wears it; a coin to whoever has it to spend. You feel for Moog and his plight, but at the same time you want to smack him silly at times, as seen through Clay’s eyes. Some of the biggest books out this fall promise to be epics full of magic, adventure,... Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best -- the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Man, I'm blown away, yet again, by another book this year. Clay Cooper was once a member of Saga, the most renowned mercenary band in the world, but has since retired to live in peace with his wife and young daughter–until the night his old bandmate Gabriel shows up on his doorstep, desperate for help. All in all, Gregor made you see beauty in a world of pure anguish in the Wyld. Oh and also one of your friends has a kid who needs to be picked up at a party gone south. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The world-building was fine but I think since we traveled to so many different areas of the world, I didn’t always get a full picture of the different towns. Alas, he’s lost more than a step in his older age, but once he gets his daggers going, he’s a force to be reckoned with… until he trips over his own feet and well, you can figure out the rest from there.

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